Dear Pressbooks user

Pressbooks (pressbooks.bccampus.ca) and open textbooks in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection that are hosted in BCcampus' internal instance of Pressbooks (opentextbc.ca) was upgraded to Pressbooks 4.0 this summer and has recently been upgraded to Pressbooks 4.1. We are sorry to get these changes to you after the update and all future notices will be sent to you before the updates occur. Below we have included Pressbooks updates that will be noticeable to users.For a complete list of changes, see https://github.com/BCcampus/pressbooks-mpdf/commits/master.

Features

4.0

• LaTeX outputs are now at a sufficient resolution for print applications (see #819).
• You can now change statuses in bulk on the Organize page (see #249 and #822).
• Deleted content can now be restored from Text → Trash (see 9283c26).

4.1

• Cloning! Clone any public, properly-licensed book from any Pressbooks 4.1 network including your own (super admins can clone any book from their own network, regardless of license) (see #841, #857, #881, #885).
• Word count for the entire book and for content marked for export is now displayed on the Organize page (see #842, #878, #880).
• Users can now delete their own books from the book menu (see #845, #864).
• Punjabi Gurmukhi support (props to @alexpflores) (see #877).

Fixes

4.0

• DOCX and ODT files exported from Google Docs (which lack standard metadata) can now be imported without issue via the import module (see #837 and #838).
• Images are now set to a prince-image-resolution of auto, normal rather than 300dpi for more reliably high-quality print PDF output (see #744 and #776).
• Text suggesting that we offer printing services has been removed from the Publish page (see #784).
• Current privacy settings are now displayed properly when updating book privacy from the Organize page (see #711 and #801).
• The Search and Replace module no longer searches items in the trash (see 6978734).
• Fix: Miscellaneous improvements to improve performance and reduce unnecessary error output.

4.1

• The TOC endpoint in the Pressbooks REST API v2 now uses chapters and parts for consistency with the endpoints for these post types.
• The EPUB importer now properly detects and handles optional whitespaces (see #554, #874).
• Image URLs with #fixme on the end will now be properly copied into EPUBs during export (see #887)

Enhancements

4.0

• Expanded metadata is now hidden on the Book Information page unless needed (see #804 and #832)

4.1

• Book editors can now modify theme options and custom CSS (see #862, #863).

For questions, please ask the BCcampus Helpdesk.